Enhance sched scan to support option of finding a better BSS while in connected state. Firmware scans the medium and reports when it finds a known BSS which has better RSSI than the current connected BSS. New attributes to specify the relative RSSI (compared to the current BSS) are added to the sched scan to implement this.
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| @@ -1982,6 +1982,20 @@ enum nl80211_commands { · 1981 unmodified lines | ||
| 1982 | 1982 | * @NL80211_ATTR_BSSID: The BSSID of the AP. Note that %NL80211_ATTR_MAC is also |
| 1983 | 1983 | * used in various commands/events for specifying the BSSID. |
| 1984 | 1984 | * |
| 1985 | + * @NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_RELATIVE_RSSI: Relative RSSI threshold by which | |
| 1986 | + * other BSSs has to be better or slightly worse than the current | |
| 1987 | + * connected BSS so that they get reported to user space. | |
| 1988 | + * This will give an opportunity to userspace to consider connecting to | |
| 1989 | + * other matching BSSs which have better or slightly worse RSSI than | |
| 1990 | + * the current connected BSS by using an offloaded operation to avoid | |
| 1991 | + * unnecessary wakeups. | |
| 1992 | + * | |
| 1993 | + * @NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_RSSI_ADJUST: When present the RSSI level for BSSs in | |
| 1994 | + * the specified band is to be adjusted before doing | |
| 1995 | + * %NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_RELATIVE_RSSI based comparision to figure out | |
| 1996 | + * better BSSs. The attribute value is a packed structure | |
| 1997 | + * value as specified by &struct nl80211_bss_select_rssi_adjust. | |
| 1998 | + * | |
| 1985 | 1999 | * @NUM_NL80211_ATTR: total number of nl80211_attrs available |
| 1986 | 2000 | * @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined |
| 1987 | 2001 | * @__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use |
| @@ -2388,6 +2402,9 @@ enum nl80211_attrs { · 400 unmodified lines | ||
| 2388 | 2402 | |
| 2389 | 2403 | NL80211_ATTR_BSSID, |
| 2390 | 2404 | |
| 2405 | + NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_RELATIVE_RSSI, | |
| 2406 | + NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_RSSI_ADJUST, | |
| 2407 | + | |
| 2391 | 2408 | /* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */ |
| 2392 | 2409 | |
| 2393 | 2410 | __NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST, |
| @@ -3080,6 +3097,13 @@ enum nl80211_reg_rule_attr { · 686 unmodified lines | ||
| 3080 | 3097 | * how this API was implemented in the past. Also, due to the same problem, |
| 3081 | 3098 | * the only way to create a matchset with only an RSSI filter (with this |
| 3082 | 3099 | * attribute) is if there's only a single matchset with the RSSI attribute. |
| 3100 | + * @NL80211_SCHED_SCAN_MATCH_ATTR_RELATIVE_RSSI: Flag indicating whether | |
| 3101 | + * %NL80211_SCHED_SCAN_MATCH_ATTR_RSSI to be used as absolute RSSI or | |
| 3102 | + * relative to current bss's RSSI. | |
| 3103 | + * @NL80211_SCHED_SCAN_MATCH_ATTR_RSSI_ADJUST: When present the RSSI level for | |
| 3104 | + * BSS-es in the specified band is to be adjusted before doing | |
| 3105 | + * RSSI-based BSS selection. The attribute value is a packed structure | |
| 3106 | + * value as specified by &struct nl80211_bss_select_rssi_adjust. | |
| 3083 | 3107 | * @NL80211_SCHED_SCAN_MATCH_ATTR_MAX: highest scheduled scan filter |
| 3084 | 3108 | * attribute number currently defined |
| 3085 | 3109 | * @__NL80211_SCHED_SCAN_MATCH_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use |
| @@ -3089,6 +3113,8 @@ enum nl80211_sched_scan_match_attr { · 3 unmodified lines | ||
| 3089 | 3113 | |
| 3090 | 3114 | NL80211_SCHED_SCAN_MATCH_ATTR_SSID, |
| 3091 | 3115 | NL80211_SCHED_SCAN_MATCH_ATTR_RSSI, |
| 3116 | + NL80211_SCHED_SCAN_MATCH_ATTR_RELATIVE_RSSI, | |
| 3117 | + NL80211_SCHED_SCAN_MATCH_ATTR_RSSI_ADJUST, | |
| 3092 | 3118 | |
| 3093 | 3119 | /* keep last */ |
| 3094 | 3120 | __NL80211_SCHED_SCAN_MATCH_ATTR_AFTER_LAST, |
| @@ -4703,6 +4729,9 @@ enum nl80211_feature_flags { · 1608 unmodified lines | ||
| 4703 | 4729 | * in @NL80211_CMD_FRAME while not associated. |
| 4704 | 4730 | * @NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_MGMT_TX_RANDOM_TA_CONNECTED: This driver supports |
| 4705 | 4731 | * randomized TA in @NL80211_CMD_FRAME while associated. |
| 4732 | + * @NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_SCHED_SCAN_RELATIVE_RSSI: The driver supports sched_scan | |
| 4733 | + * for reporting BSSs with better RSSI than the current connected BSS | |
| 4734 | + * (%NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_RELATIVE_RSSI). | |
| 4706 | 4735 | * |
| 4707 | 4736 | * @NUM_NL80211_EXT_FEATURES: number of extended features. |
| 4708 | 4737 | * @MAX_NL80211_EXT_FEATURES: highest extended feature index. |
| @@ -4720,6 +4749,7 @@ enum nl80211_ext_feature_index { · 11 unmodified lines | ||
| 4720 | 4749 | NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_FILS_STA, |
| 4721 | 4750 | NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_MGMT_TX_RANDOM_TA, |
| 4722 | 4751 | NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_MGMT_TX_RANDOM_TA_CONNECTED, |
| 4752 | + NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_SCHED_SCAN_RELATIVE_RSSI, | |
| 4723 | 4753 | |
| 4724 | 4754 | /* add new features before the definition below */ |
| 4725 | 4755 | NUM_NL80211_EXT_FEATURES, |